Stock guard



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Attqm 15y t for: roads damning through or into. a stock yard, and has for its primary obgeet to pre-.

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me E. onmrs'ron AnnLIsLE PYZER, or rayon, arnesses.

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' Application filed ecember 20,1925. Seria1N0-. 155',94 1f This inventionjrelates to. aystock guard ventthe passage of the stock from the enclosure, but at the same timeto permit auto mobiles or other power through the enclosure at will.

A further and important object is'to pro,-

videfa stock guard wherein the use of gates. and ,barsare unnecessary for keepmgstock from passing1 through the opening in the fence, and through which the roadpasses A still further and important object is to ck guard of this character. that is extremely simple of construction, inexpensive of manufacture, and one tlliilt ll'itl-y be installed at, moderate expenditure. I With the foregoing.- and other objects in viewthat will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same comprising the novel form, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In vthe drawings wherein like reference corresponding parts characters indi cate I throughout the several V1ews: V t

Figure 1 1s a top plan view of a stock v guard constructed in accordance with the present invention. c

Figure 2 is a section taken through the road passing between spaced fence sections between which the present stock guard is also arranged, the same being disclosed in end elevation.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the stool: guard. p Figure 4t is a'fragmentary longitudinal section through one side thereof, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary transverse section through the similar side thereof.

Now having particular reference to the drawings our stock guard consists of two similar constructed track units 55 that are interconnected in spaced parallel relation'at their opposite ends by boards 6-6 and 7-7, whichboards are disposed beneath and at the extreme ends of the track units, respectively, as clearly disclosed in Figures 3 and 4. Each track unit consists of apair of spaced parallel boards 88 that are interconnected inwardly of their opposite ends by cross boards 9-9, the upper edges of which terminate beneaththe upper edges of the side members 88 as clearly indicated in Figure 4. The opposed faces ofvthe par- Vehicles to pass is allel boards'88 are providjedatipre fdeterminedspaced points with registering-V circular sockets; .1010"for receiving theop-E posite ends of pipe sections, 11 thatvwillsup;- portjthewheelsof a vehicle passing-over the track unit,-but by reason, of, their-spacedrelation will prevent animals walkingt-here 'Extend ing through-certain. of the pipe sections in spaced relation with the opposite.--

ends oflthe track ways are elongated' rods 12 12that are headed at certain ends and threaded, a-tother ends and said threaded" endslrecei ve locking nuts l3-inorder; that the sideboards 88 are rigidly and furthen t interconnec'tedso astoprevent the ex'pansion ofthe same and the consequent; detach-,

mentof; t 1e pipe sections with respfect the're to. 7 1 Extending entirely between the outerboards 8 of the 'trackunits 55 adjacent their opposite ends are relatively elongated pipe sections 1 l14, that pass through openingsprovided in the innermost side boards 8 and engage at their extreme outer ends within sockets formed in the inner faces of the t outermost boards similar to the sockets 10 previously described, these pipe sections-being mainly for the purpose of preventing any inwardlmo'vement of the track unit" with re spect to each other. e Furtherthere isprovided between the center of the guard'a pipe section 15 through which and the side boards 88 of each track unit is extended a relatively elongated rod 16' headed at oneend and threaded at its other for receiving at said threaded enda locking nut 17, it being understood that the rod 16 extends through re in the side boards of the track units."

- The upper edgesfof the side boardsofsaid track units extend somewhat above the end boards 77, and insomuch as the guard is to be disposed flush withthe ground surface side boards of the track way will be flush with the ground surface, the ends of the side boards 8 8 are tapered at theirinner' sides as at '18 so as to prevent the engagement of any'sharp corners with thetires'of an automobile that may bepassing across the v gistering openings as inFigureB, that is the-upper edges of the I closed in Figure 2, the guard is ent that we have provided a highly novel,-

simple and efficient stock guard that is well adapted for all the purposes heretofore designated, and even though we have herein shown and described the invention as consisting'of certain detail structural elements, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without affecting'the spiritand scope oi the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is I 1. In a stock guard of the character described, a pair of parallel track units, each of which consists of a pair of side boards having spaced registering sockets in opposed surfaces, bars securely arranged at their ends in registeringsockets, elongated bars extendto be dis ing through the units adjacent opposite ends thereof for preventing inward movement of the units with respect to each other, a bar arranged between the units at the center thereof, and an elongated locking rod-extending through said units and said bar for preventing outward movement of the units with respect to each other.

2. In a stock guard of the class described, a pair ol parallel track units each of which "consists of a pair of side boards having spaced registering sockets formed in the inner opposed faces thereof, tubular bars having their respective ends lit-ted within the respective pairs of registering sockets, bolts extending through certain of the tubular members and the side boards of each unit for securing the parts in assembled relation, means for preventing the inward movement o1 the units with respect to each other, and additional means for preventing the outward movement of the units with respect to each other.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures.

IRA E. CUMPSTON. LISLE' N. PYZER. 

